Garment-supporter.



J. B. GATHRIGHT. GARMENT SUPPOETER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1913 Patented Nov. 10, 1914.

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JOSIAH B. GATI-IRIGHT, 0F LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY GARM T-surname.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 19, 1913. Serial No. 774,644.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSIAH B. GATHRIGHT, a citizen of the. United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to improvements in garment supporters of the type which are connected to and carried by an outer garment and have inwardly projecting upwardly extending" hooks which engage an appropriate part of an inner garment for supporting the latter from the outer gar-- ment. Supporters to be attached to trousers and having hooks for engaging the loops of mens drawers afford an example of the use of devices of the kind herein referred to, and hence the present invention will be set forth with particular reference to such use, without, however, intending to restrict the invention to this particular use.

The invention resides in the novel construction of the supporter substantially as hereinafter described and particularly set forth in the subjoined claims, whereby there is produced a fastener of the kind stated which may be inexpensively made and con tains elements which cooperate in a most practicable way to secure the supporter effectively to the outer garment and hold it against tendency to prevent free withdrawal of the hook from the loop of the inner garment as well as any tendency for the loop to impose a strain on the fastening means which would loosen the same, when the outer garment is being removed. This object and others which will hereinafterv appear are secured from the constructions herewith illustrated to exemplify preferred forms of the invention.

In the drawings :F igure 1 is a perspective view showing a portion of the waist band of trousers provided with my preferred form of improved garment supporter; Fig. 2 is a front view of the blank from which said supporter is produced; Fig. 3 is an elevation of the supporter detached from the garment, viewed from the inner side; Fig. 4 is a section on the line ll of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a View showing a part of the outer face of the waist band of the trousers with my supporter applied thereto.

Similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several views.

In the production of the supporter shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, a blank marked A inFig. 2 is produced with its ends formed with recesses a, and its body portion about the middle thereof scored on two parallel lines connected with each other at one end, the lines of scoringbeing marked a, a, and a". The blank thus formed is subjected to suitable pressure. which turns its upper end over in an outward direction, forces the portion of the middle between the lines of scoring referred to in an inward direction and turns .itsinner end in an outward direction to ayvertical plane lying between the vertical planes of the body portion of the blank and the upper outwardly bent part thereof. It will be understood that the Patented Nov. 10, 1914.

terms outward and inward asherein used are employed with reference to the location of the parts when the supporter is in use, the outwardly turned upper end bein at the front of the waist band. X of the trou-.

sers and the inwardly extending portion bounded by the lines of scoring being between the inner surface of the waist band and the inner ported. I g

It will be noted that when the parts have been thus bent a supporter is formed which comprises a'body portion 20 from the cen tral part of which there extends an upwardly extending hook 21 and from the lower part of said body portion there exgarment which is to be suptends two spaced prongs 29. arranged below the body part 2-0 and in a vertical plane offset from that of the body part, While the upper part 23 of the body is bent forward to extend over the upper edge of the waist band and terminates in prongs 24 which are spaced from each other. The base of the tongue 21 is spaced from the lower end of the body portion 20, as shown. The prongs 22 and prongs 2dare sharpened and the tongues extend through the inner lining X of the waist band while the prongs 24 are bent to be inserted through the material of the waist band from the outer side. The hook 21 receives the loop of the drawers, not shown, which are to be supported by the supporter from the trousers.

It will be noted that the construction described is very simple and practicable and may be most inexpensively produced. It also will be noted that the supporter has provision for securing its upper end to the waist band of the trousers and that the hookQlv is so arranged and held that the supporter will freely disengage itself from the loop of the drawers when the trousers are being removed. The lower prongs 22 cooperate with the prongs 24 in the securing of the supporter to the trousers and also assure the free automatic release of the supporter from the drawers-loop when the trousers are being removed, by holding the lower end of the supporter firmly to the waist band, thereby preventing the loop of the drawers when the supporter is being disengaged therefrom from pulling the lower end of the supporter from the waist band, which would tend to loosen the top fastening in time and also would turn the supporter into position in which the hook pould not be freely disengaged from the said oop.

The lower prongs, 2-2, as stated, occupy when in use a position between the inner surface of the waist band and the lining, as shown clearly in Fig. 5 and being offset from the body of the supporter and sharpened they may be most conveniently inserted and when inserted will cause the parts to lie smoothly.

The construction, use and benefits of the invention will be fully understood from the foregoing description of supporters selected t) exemplify preferred forms thereof and it will be understood that the invention may be otherwise specifically embodied without departing from its spirit or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having now described the invention, what I believe to be new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, and which I, therefore, claim, is

A garment supporter, comprising a strip of sheet metal provided at its upper and lower ends with spaced pairs of securing prongs,the upper pair having a button recesstherebetween and being bent outwardly and downwardly toenable the device to be attached to the trousers over a button, the lower pair extending vertically downwardly and offset outwardly to provide supporting shoulders and facilitate the application of the device, and an upwardly extending tongue arranged upon the inner surface of the strip and connected thereto at a point spaced from the base of the lower prongs. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand inpresence of two subscribing witnesses;

JOSIAH B. GATHRIGHT.

Witnesses E. S. FooTE, T. P. Pnrronn'r'r.

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